.ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW WORK PUBLISHED/FORTHCOMING:
Wind Like a River forthcoming in THE CAPE ROCK, literary journal of Southeast Missouri State University, spring 2022. Visit www.semopress.com.
Certain Light forthcoming in VERSEWEAVERS, anthology of Oregon Poetry Association, issue #25, spring 2022. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Sculptor and Philips Reservoir, Watching the Cranes Come In forthcoming in CIRQUE, a Literary Journal for the North Pacific Rim, issue #23, December 2021. Visit https://www.cirquejournal.com.
Raking Leaves Yesterday in CIRCLE OF SEASONS, Wallowa County zine, fall issue 2021. Visit https://fishtrap.org/circle-of-seasons.
It Rains Sometimes in FREE STATE REVIEW, issue #14, summer/fall 2021. Visit https://freestatereview.com.
What Sets It Apart and Articulation in CIRCLE OF SEASONS, Wallowa County zine, spring issue 2021. Visit https://fishtrap.org/circle-of-seasons.
Heart, One Word Muse, and How She Calls It a Window in HOLE IN THE HEAD REVIEW, Volume 2, May 2021. Visit https://www.holeintheheadreview.com.
Raven, Still Life with Peonies, and Where the Ground is Uneven I Stumble in AJI MAGAZINE, issue #14, spring 2021. Visit www.ajimagazine.com.
My Father Had a Blue Jay in MOLECULE TINY LIT MAG, issue #4, spring 2021. Visit https://moleculetinylitmag.art.blog.
Philips Reservoir Watching the Cranes Come In in KOSMOS QUARTERLY Spring Gallery of Poets, April Newsletter 2021. Visit https://www.kosmosjournal.org.
Tree Frogs at 8:30 pm on a Wednesday Night in Rain, Poem as Simple Survival Gear, and Nearing the Vastness of Things in the OPA PANDEMIC 2020 ANTHOLOGY, winter 2021. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Here's Hoping This Finds You Well and Doing the Things You Love Most in AURORAS & BLOSSOMS JOURNAL (UK), issue #6, January 2021. Visit https://abpositiveart.com.
Just Love as the Backyard Chickens in AURORAS & BLOSSOMS 2020 EDITION POARTMO ANTHOLOGY (UK), fall 2020. Visit https://abpositiveart.com.
#Stephon Clark in WE ARE ANTIFA, Expressions Against Fascism, Racism and Police Violence in the United States and Beyond, from INTO THE VOID (CANADA), summer 2020. Visit https://intothevoidmagazine.com.
With Strings in the Background Still Shivering in THE ICE COLONY, season 2 podcast, October 26, 2020. Visit https://icecolonypodcast.wixsite.com/website.
Entertaining the Ghost in GHOST STORIES, A Collection of Fictitious and True Stories, from SEZ Publishing, fall 2020. Visit https://sezpublishing.com.
Lives of the Seraphim in AMETHYST REVIEW (UK), summer 2020. Visit https://www.amethystmagazine.org.
Parissawampitts in THE STILLWATER REVIEW, journal of Sussex County Community College, Volume #10, 2020. Visit https://www.sussex.edu/community/betty-june-silconas-poetry-center.
Here a Small Rain in VERSEWEAVERS, anthology of Oregon Poetry Association, issue #24, 2019. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Wail in VOICECATCHER online, 2019. Visit http://voicecatcher.org.
Cornflowers, Iris in WILLAWAW JOURNAL issue #8, winter 2019. Visit https://willawawjournal.com.
What We Make of It, Art of Dissent, I Can See Rows of Angels Just Waiting, Noose, and Tender Competition Border Crossing in TERRA INCOGNITA, Oregon Poets Write for Ecological, Social, Political, and Economic Justice. Anthology from Bob Hill Publishing, summer 2019. Visit https://www.bobhillpublishing.com.
More Than Halfway There Now in COMMON GROUND REVIEW, literary journal of Western New England University, spring/summer issue, 2018. Visit https://cgreview.org.
A Brighter Light in BARNSTORM JOURNAL, literary journal of University of New Hampshire, 2018. Visit http://barnstormjournal.org.
At the Human Test Site, Greater Good, Migrants Immigrants Welcome, and Water as Much as Anything in MOMENTS BEFORE MIDNIGHT, Oregon Poets Write for Ecological, Social, Political, and Economic Justice. Anthology from Bob Hill Publishing, winter 2018. Visit https://www.bobhillpublishing.com.
Effigy of a Man in VERSEWEAVERS, anthology of Oregon Poetry Association, issue #23, 2018. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Nearing the Vastness of Things in PEREGRINE Volume XXXI from Amherst Writers & Artists Press, 2017. Visit www.amherstwriters.com.
When It Happened the Last Time in THIRD WEDNESDAY Vol. X, No. 3, summer 2017. Visit www.thirdwednesday.org.
Wind in Things in WILLAWAW JOURNAL, issue #1, summer 2017. Visit https://willawawjournal.com.
Instructions for Balance in RAVEN CHRONICLES, Balancing Acts, Volume #25, 2017. Visit https://www.ravenchronicles.org.
Veil Nebula in WEAVING THE TERRAIN, 100-Word Southwestern Poems, from Dos Gatos Press, 2017. Visit www.dosgatospress.org.
Wind in HAWAI'I PACIFIC REVIEW, Literary Journal of Hawai'i Pacific University, May 2017. Visit https://hawaiipacificreview.org.
Finding Center, Grating Carrots, Trekking with Berries in HELEN LITERARY MAGAZINE, fall 2016. Watch video poems Finding Center and Trekking with Berries on YouTube. Visit https://helenlitmag.com.
Removing the Dishes in XANADU, Long Island Poetry Collective, 2016. Email longislandpoetrycollective@gmail.com
or write to Long Island Poetry Collective, PO Box 773, Huntington, NY 11743.
CONTESTS/AWARDS:
As It Never Did Play Out awarded 2nd honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2021 fall contest, Theme The Sea category. Christopher Luna, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Certain Light awarded 2nd place in Oregon Poetry Association 2021 spring contest, Poet's Choice category.
John Morrison, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Here a Small Rain awarded 3rd place in Oregon Poetry Association 2019 fall contest, Members Only category. Leah Stenson, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Effigy of a Man awarded 1st place in Oregon Poetry Association 2017 spring contest, Oregon/Pacific Northwest category. Charles Goodrich, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Fruit Preserves in Glass Jars awarded 3rd honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2018 fall contest, Harvest Theme category. Michael Hanner, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Will It Delight awarded 1st honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2017 spring contest, New Poets category. Sheila Black, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
What Sets It Apart awarded 1st honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2016 fall contest, Members Only category. Kelly Eastlund, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Nacre, the Unknown awarded 4th honorable mention in NFSPS 2019 contest, Louisiana State Poetry Society Award. Visit https://www.nfsps.com/Strophes.html.
Articulation awarded 6th honorable mention in NFSPS 2019 contest,The Diamond T Award. Visit https://www.nfsps.com/Strophes.html.
NEW WORK PUBLISHED/FORTHCOMING:
Wind Like a River forthcoming in THE CAPE ROCK, literary journal of Southeast Missouri State University, spring 2022. Visit www.semopress.com.
Certain Light forthcoming in VERSEWEAVERS, anthology of Oregon Poetry Association, issue #25, spring 2022. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Sculptor and Philips Reservoir, Watching the Cranes Come In forthcoming in CIRQUE, a Literary Journal for the North Pacific Rim, issue #23, December 2021. Visit https://www.cirquejournal.com.
Raking Leaves Yesterday in CIRCLE OF SEASONS, Wallowa County zine, fall issue 2021. Visit https://fishtrap.org/circle-of-seasons.
It Rains Sometimes in FREE STATE REVIEW, issue #14, summer/fall 2021. Visit https://freestatereview.com.
What Sets It Apart and Articulation in CIRCLE OF SEASONS, Wallowa County zine, spring issue 2021. Visit https://fishtrap.org/circle-of-seasons.
Heart, One Word Muse, and How She Calls It a Window in HOLE IN THE HEAD REVIEW, Volume 2, May 2021. Visit https://www.holeintheheadreview.com.
Raven, Still Life with Peonies, and Where the Ground is Uneven I Stumble in AJI MAGAZINE, issue #14, spring 2021. Visit www.ajimagazine.com.
My Father Had a Blue Jay in MOLECULE TINY LIT MAG, issue #4, spring 2021. Visit https://moleculetinylitmag.art.blog.
Philips Reservoir Watching the Cranes Come In in KOSMOS QUARTERLY Spring Gallery of Poets, April Newsletter 2021. Visit https://www.kosmosjournal.org.
Tree Frogs at 8:30 pm on a Wednesday Night in Rain, Poem as Simple Survival Gear, and Nearing the Vastness of Things in the OPA PANDEMIC 2020 ANTHOLOGY, winter 2021. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Here's Hoping This Finds You Well and Doing the Things You Love Most in AURORAS & BLOSSOMS JOURNAL (UK), issue #6, January 2021. Visit https://abpositiveart.com.
Just Love as the Backyard Chickens in AURORAS & BLOSSOMS 2020 EDITION POARTMO ANTHOLOGY (UK), fall 2020. Visit https://abpositiveart.com.
#Stephon Clark in WE ARE ANTIFA, Expressions Against Fascism, Racism and Police Violence in the United States and Beyond, from INTO THE VOID (CANADA), summer 2020. Visit https://intothevoidmagazine.com.
With Strings in the Background Still Shivering in THE ICE COLONY, season 2 podcast, October 26, 2020. Visit https://icecolonypodcast.wixsite.com/website.
Entertaining the Ghost in GHOST STORIES, A Collection of Fictitious and True Stories, from SEZ Publishing, fall 2020. Visit https://sezpublishing.com.
Lives of the Seraphim in AMETHYST REVIEW (UK), summer 2020. Visit https://www.amethystmagazine.org.
Parissawampitts in THE STILLWATER REVIEW, journal of Sussex County Community College, Volume #10, 2020. Visit https://www.sussex.edu/community/betty-june-silconas-poetry-center.
Here a Small Rain in VERSEWEAVERS, anthology of Oregon Poetry Association, issue #24, 2019. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Wail in VOICECATCHER online, 2019. Visit http://voicecatcher.org.
Cornflowers, Iris in WILLAWAW JOURNAL issue #8, winter 2019. Visit https://willawawjournal.com.
What We Make of It, Art of Dissent, I Can See Rows of Angels Just Waiting, Noose, and Tender Competition Border Crossing in TERRA INCOGNITA, Oregon Poets Write for Ecological, Social, Political, and Economic Justice. Anthology from Bob Hill Publishing, summer 2019. Visit https://www.bobhillpublishing.com.
More Than Halfway There Now in COMMON GROUND REVIEW, literary journal of Western New England University, spring/summer issue, 2018. Visit https://cgreview.org.
A Brighter Light in BARNSTORM JOURNAL, literary journal of University of New Hampshire, 2018. Visit http://barnstormjournal.org.
At the Human Test Site, Greater Good, Migrants Immigrants Welcome, and Water as Much as Anything in MOMENTS BEFORE MIDNIGHT, Oregon Poets Write for Ecological, Social, Political, and Economic Justice. Anthology from Bob Hill Publishing, winter 2018. Visit https://www.bobhillpublishing.com.
Effigy of a Man in VERSEWEAVERS, anthology of Oregon Poetry Association, issue #23, 2018. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Nearing the Vastness of Things in PEREGRINE Volume XXXI from Amherst Writers & Artists Press, 2017. Visit www.amherstwriters.com.
When It Happened the Last Time in THIRD WEDNESDAY Vol. X, No. 3, summer 2017. Visit www.thirdwednesday.org.
Wind in Things in WILLAWAW JOURNAL, issue #1, summer 2017. Visit https://willawawjournal.com.
Instructions for Balance in RAVEN CHRONICLES, Balancing Acts, Volume #25, 2017. Visit https://www.ravenchronicles.org.
Veil Nebula in WEAVING THE TERRAIN, 100-Word Southwestern Poems, from Dos Gatos Press, 2017. Visit www.dosgatospress.org.
Wind in HAWAI'I PACIFIC REVIEW, Literary Journal of Hawai'i Pacific University, May 2017. Visit https://hawaiipacificreview.org.
Finding Center, Grating Carrots, Trekking with Berries in HELEN LITERARY MAGAZINE, fall 2016. Watch video poems Finding Center and Trekking with Berries on YouTube. Visit https://helenlitmag.com.
Removing the Dishes in XANADU, Long Island Poetry Collective, 2016. Email longislandpoetrycollective@gmail.com
or write to Long Island Poetry Collective, PO Box 773, Huntington, NY 11743.
CONTESTS/AWARDS:
As It Never Did Play Out awarded 2nd honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2021 fall contest, Theme The Sea category. Christopher Luna, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Certain Light awarded 2nd place in Oregon Poetry Association 2021 spring contest, Poet's Choice category.
John Morrison, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Here a Small Rain awarded 3rd place in Oregon Poetry Association 2019 fall contest, Members Only category. Leah Stenson, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Effigy of a Man awarded 1st place in Oregon Poetry Association 2017 spring contest, Oregon/Pacific Northwest category. Charles Goodrich, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Fruit Preserves in Glass Jars awarded 3rd honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2018 fall contest, Harvest Theme category. Michael Hanner, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Will It Delight awarded 1st honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2017 spring contest, New Poets category. Sheila Black, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
What Sets It Apart awarded 1st honorable mention in Oregon Poetry Association 2016 fall contest, Members Only category. Kelly Eastlund, judge. Visit https://oregonpoets.org.
Nacre, the Unknown awarded 4th honorable mention in NFSPS 2019 contest, Louisiana State Poetry Society Award. Visit https://www.nfsps.com/Strophes.html.
Articulation awarded 6th honorable mention in NFSPS 2019 contest,The Diamond T Award. Visit https://www.nfsps.com/Strophes.html.
"It is the artist's job to make form. Not even to make it, but to allow it. Allow form. And all artists have a different relationship to it, and a different philosophy of it . . . I think that when you are trying to open up a territory--in this case I was working with a desire to open the lyric--you have to be greedy, in that you want more than you can do. And you're always bound to fail."--Brenda Hillman (1951- )